Nah sind wir Herr, nahe und greifbar. Gegriffen schon, Herr, ineinander verkrallt, als wär der Leib eines jeden von uns dein Leib, Herr. Bete, Herr, bete zu uns, wir sind nah. Windschief gingen wir hin, gingen wir hin, uns zu bücken nach Mulde und Maar. Zur Tränke gingen wir, Herr. Es war Blut, es war, was du vergossen, Herr. Es glänzte. Es warf uns dein Bild in die Augen, Herr, Augen und Mund stehn so offen und leer, Herr. Wir haben getrunken, Herr. Das Blut und das Bild, das im Blut war, Herr. Bete, Herr. Wir sind nah.
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Sprachgitter [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Marcus Botho Ludwig (b. 1960), "Tenebrae" [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Tenebrae", published 1969, from Fünf Gedichte von Paul Celan, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007) , copyright © ; composed by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir.
Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 98
We are near, Lord [ ... ]
Text Authorship:
- by Michael Hamburger (1924 - 2007), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Paul Antschel (1920 - 1970), as Paul Celan, appears in Sprachgitter
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harrison Birtwistle, Sir (1934 - 2022), "Tenebrae", from Three Settings of Celan, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-24
Line count: 22
Word count: 103